On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:23 AM, James Hozier <[email protected]> wrote: > # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sd1c & > dd: /dev/random: Input/output error > 0+0 records in > 0+0 records out > 0 bytes transferred in 0.000 secs (0 bytes/sec) > # > > But /dev/urandom (dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sd1c &) works fine. Is > /dev/random not > supposed to be used for some reason or something? > >
man(4):
/dev/random This device is reserved for future support of hardware
random generators.
